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Cristeana Cojocaru
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Cristeana Cojocaru was born on January 2, 1962 and is a retired athlete from Romania. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles she won a bronze medal in 400 metres hurdles behind Nawal El Moutawakel and Judi Brown. She became national champion in this event in 1982, 1983 and 1984 and in 1983.
In addition she won bronze medals over 800 metres at the European Indoor Championships in Gothenburg 1984 and Athens 1985 as well as a silver medal in Madrid 1986. She also won this distance at the 1985 IAAF, International Association of Athletics Federations World Indoor Championships.
She with all her dedication and devotion in her play achieved many goals in her overall athletic career. She had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by just giving some extra hard work and efforts. She never lost hope in herself and always fought hard to achieve her goal. She is still remembered as one of the best athletes in the history of Olympics.
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